"Did Carlton get ahead of itself with its Wizard Cup win? One thing the more underrated Blues of 2004 delivered consistently week-in-week-out, if not necessarily the four points, was effort. That same intensity and commitment hasn't been apparent to date in 2005."
I dont see how comments like this can be remotely justified.
Last season we didnt get close to delivering consistently week in and week out.
We had some horrible floggings. Anyone remember the Melbourne game?
Or Port or West Coast?
We were up and down like a brides nighty.
As for the comments on our forward line.
We average 54 inside 50s per game which is =4th in the AFL.
Unfortunately we are =15th for marks inside 50 and 2nd last in the AFL for contested marks.
I understand that most clubs will have higher marking stats than us but contested marks?
Apart from Waite, our forwards are not contributing enough.